biblioclasm
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
-clasm
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
biblioclasm
the destruction of books especially the Bible
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Dissection of biblioclasm
biblioclasm = biblio (book) + -clasm (breakage; destruction)
biblioclasm = the destruction of books
Now Repeat my Dissection
biblioclasm = the destruction of books
Important roots for this word:
biblio
-clasm
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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